Account Director Salary
Job Description for Account Director
An account director ensures that clients who have account with their business stay satisfied and current with payments. Account directors manage all existing accounts, taking payments and entering them into their system correctly. They send out bills, process payments, and make sure that their clients' accounts are in order. They also must attract new customers by visiting them in person or talking with them on the telephone. Handling paperwork and analyzing reports about competitors is also important, as are filing monthly inventory reports and ensuring that anything needed for the account is readily available.
Read More...Account Director Tasks
- Develop and manage customer relationships in order to retain existing revenue and attain additional business.
- Develop department budget.
- Contact prospective customers by cold calling, premise visits, networking and customer appointments.
- Approve project timeline and deliverables.
- Develop sales in the designated target market by identifying new sales opportunities.
Common Career Paths for Account Director
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For Account Directors, progressing to a Senior Vice President of Marketing role may result in a significant raise. On average, a Senior Vice President of Marketing can earn $191K annually. A Marketing Director role is the most common promotion for Account Directors moving up the ladder. Pay for this role tends to be $80K per year. Another typical, albeit less common, transition for Account Directors is a Marketing VP position, where earnings are usually $149K.
Account Director Job Listings
Popular Employer Salaries for Account Director
GMR Marketing, LLC, Weber Shandwick, Havas, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc, and Olson are top-notch employers for Account Directors in this area. The biggest paychecks can be found at Level (3) Communications — the median salary there is $135K. Those in search of high salaries should also consider Omnicom Group Inc, J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT), and Olson, top-paying firms where Account Directors rake in a massive $125K, $110K, or $98K, respectively.
GMR Marketing, LLC, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc, and Ogilvy Public Relations also rank near the bottom for pay, handing out $80K, $82K, and $85K-paychecks on average.
Popular Skills for Account Director
Account Directors seem to exploit a large range of skills on the job. Most notably, skills in Sales, Business Development, Advertising, and Account Management are correlated to pay that is above average, with boosts between 4 percent and 9 percent. Those listing Social Media Marketing as a skill should be prepared for drastically lower pay. Media / Public Relations and Online Marketing also typically command lower compensation. Most people who know Account Management also know Strategic Marketing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
Pay by Experience Level for Account Director
Pay by Experience for an Account Director has a positive trend. An entry-level Account Director with less than 5 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $74,000 based on 169 salaries provided by anonymous users. Average total compensation includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay. An Account Director with mid-career experience which includes employees with 5 to 10 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $94,000 based on 493 salaries. An experienced Account Director which includes employees with 10 to 20 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $109,000 based on 490 salaries. An Account Director with late-career experience which includes employees with greater than 20 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $123,000 based on 124 salaries.
Pay Difference by Location
Dallas offers some of the highest pay in the country for Account Directors, 16 percent above the national average. Account Directors will also find cushy salaries in New York (+15 percent), San Francisco (+7 percent), Chicago (+6 percent), and Seattle (+6 percent). Salt Lake City is the lowest-paying area, 20 percent south of the national average. A couple other locations with smaller-than-average paychecks include San Diego (10 percent lower) and Denver (9 percent lower).
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Key Stats for Account Director
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Female
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Male
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Job Satisfaction
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